A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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Interpretation
To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world, must end in disappointment. To bring ourselves to our state in life, is our duty and wisdom in this world.
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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 3:6-8.
Ecclesiastes 3:6 quoted in popular culture
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
Song Verified song 1959 -
Seeger's biblical adaptation · Pete Seeger · Seeger set the Ecclesiastes sequence almost verbatim to music, making the passage singable far beyond church settings.
- Turn! Turn! Turn!
Song Verified hit single 1965 -
The Byrds' chart-topping recording · The Byrds · The Byrds carried Seeger's Ecclesiastes adaptation into mainstream pop and folk rock as a number-one hit.
- Toasts Honoring Sadat and Begin
Speech Verified state dinner toast Mar 26, 1979 -
Celebration of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty · Jimmy Carter · Carter framed the peace treaty as a passage from Solomon: the season of war giving way to a season of healing and peace.
American Presidency Project: Carter toast for the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty
- Remarks at the Memorial Service for Edith Luckett Davis
Speech Verified memorial remarks Oct 31, 1987 -
Memorial service for Nancy Reagan's mother · Ronald Reagan · The service read the classic Ecclesiastes passage in full before Reagan reflected on grief, hope, and reunion.
American Presidency Project: Reagan memorial remarks for Edith Luckett Davis
- Ecclesiastes
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Wikiquote match for "to every thing there is a season" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "to every thing there is a season". Snippet: that it was from the hand of God. 2:24; King James Version To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be
- Kairos
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Wikiquote match for "to every thing there is a season" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "to every thing there is a season". Snippet: also: Eternity Past, present, and future Time Times Timing To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be
- Seasons
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Wikiquote match for "to every thing there is a season" · Wikiquote search matched the biblical phrase "to every thing there is a season". Snippet: Braschi, from the "Pastoral" in "Empire of Dreams" (1994) To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be